Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Friday, February 16, 2007
Science Fair Cupcakes!
My friends Emma (10) and Chloe (7) had a Science Fair at their school (it was really fun, I got to go!)...and their mom & I made a bunch of cupcakes to take. These were dark chocolate and vanilla cupcakes, with either Vanilla-Overload Cream Cheese frosting, or dipped in dark chocolate ganache. Yummers.
Cupcakes & Science were a good combination..... Experiment successful!
Emma and Chloe - this photo was also posted on
www.Cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com
Your science fair cupcakes are a little bit famous, I think!
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Frosting and Icing
These were taken along the edge of Lake Ontario this morning.
Even though they are cupcake-free photos, I thought they technically fit under Frosting & Icing - yes?
Friday, February 9, 2007
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Monday, February 5, 2007
Chocolatey-EST Peanut Butter Cupcakes
Buttermilk Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Chips! And why not just glaze them with dark ganache & more peanut butter, hmmm? I see no reason......
Orange Fantasy Cupcakes!
Wow, these are pretty AND delicious. Orange cake with Whipped Orange Cream (Fresh orange and tangerine juice and zest in cake & cream). Whipped Orange Cream made with cream cheese, tangerines, sugar and butter. Smoooooooth.
Thursday, February 1, 2007
Groundhog Day Cupcakes
Do not let it be said that I can't think of an occasion that should be celebrated with cupcakes. Chocolate shortbread Groundhogs, in chocolate chip cupcakes, Maple Syrup Cream Frosting and cookie-crumb dirt. La la la, so much fun.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Espresso Cream Cupcakes!
Grown-up cupcakes. Frosting is a delicious cream-cheese-based mocha, flavoured with espresso, vanilla, etc....yum.
This was swirled onto Spice cakes, and Cappuccino Chip cakes.
Wake up and smell the cupcakes!
Monday, January 29, 2007
Cookies - the call of the Canadian Loon
A bit of an departure from the cupcake theme, but I just had to try this cutter. It reminded me so much of a Canadian summer; lakes, cottages, lying on the dock looking at the stars.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
Chocolate Italian Meringue Buttercream (on chocolate cupcakes)
Well, I finally got brave enough to try a meringue buttercream frosting - I've never attempted this style of recipe. It's stiffly beaten egg whites, with boiling sugar syrup slowly added, then sweet butter beaten in a chunk at a time. I added melted bittersweet chocolate, plus some dark cocoa to balance out the texture/flavour.
Holy Cow.
This is some good stuff. I didn't have it at the right temp, so my swirls broke up a little. However, the taste & texture are superb; silky and melting.
Made especially for my friends Emma (10) and Chloe (7). They're having a sleepover party tonight. I sure hope they like these!
Friday, January 26, 2007
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Peanut Butter Cake Cupcakes!
Another recipe from the Cake Mix Dr....this one's peanut butter cake, very fine crumb and quite moist. So delicious. Extra vanilla added, of course. Chocolate cream frosting with lots of bittersweet chocolate, cream cheese, and a dollop of creamy peanut butter. Decadent and wonderful
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Cream
White cake mix with lemon pudding, lemon zest, lemon extract, lots of good vanilla. A lovely, fresh tasting cake.
The frosting is pretty fragile and needs chilling to set up. It's cream cheese, butter, lemon, more zest, sugar, vanilla, oh MY. This was nicely rich without being too sweet. Gorgeous with coffee.
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Peanut Butter Cupcakes
I was jonesing for a PB and Chocolate fix, it was kind of urgent.
The Cake Mix Doctor Chocolate Cookbook had an amazingly simple recipe for PB & Choc 'muffins'. I cupcake-ified them by using snazzy foil liners, and dipping them in ganache before drizzling with PB glaze. Good grief. Semisweet & PB chips in the batter. Too good for words.
Love Heart Cupcakes
Valentine's Day in the sixties meant two things; hokey, sweet Valentines with bad puns, usually cut from a book, and Love Hearts candies, with their sweet sayings.
When I found a package of Love Hearts, they just cried out for a cupcake.
Triple Chocolate Cupcakes
I just had to try another recipe from this book; (The Cake Mix Dr Chocolate)...the PButter Choc ones were so outstanding. I had lots of chocolate mixes on hand, so chose this rich, dark cake with mini choc chips in the batter.Luscious chocolate flavour, soft but dense cake, quite lovely. Made a frosting of cream cheese, butter, semisweet chocolate and condensed milk; it was nice and smooth due to the lack of icing sugar. Very yummy, and after cooling for a bit, it piped nicely.
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